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LOCATION  OF  MINES,  MARMORA.  ONTARIO.  CANADA. 


NEW  YORK  OFFICE :  Room  5!)  Sinitli  Riiildin^^  No.  5  (^ortlnnrft  Street. 


Consulting  Enoineer,  RICHARD  r.  ROTHWELL, 

<'ii)i!  (Hid  Mining  Engineer. 
Superintendent  of  Mines,  ERNEST  (JAU.IOT,  ME. 


TRUSTEES: 

henry  liOVKUniOE,  Prtmient,  HH  llroiidway.    AUSTIN  ( iAI.LAdHKIl,  5  OortlamU  Street. 
WILLIAM  II.  DOUC.HTY,  Troy,  N.  Y.  .1.  R.  HAND,  ^1  Park  Rc.w. 

N.  B.  WALKER,  «ir>  Wnt<<r  Street.  WAI-TKU  SIIANLY,  .Montreal, 

CYRUS  l!UTI,Kll,'..M(lliir  Street. 

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RErORT  OF  FRO(}RESS. 


To  the   Stockholders  of  the  Canada,  Consolidated  Gold  Mining 
Company. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  January  last,  it  was  ordered  that, 
as  soon  as  a  proper  adjustment  of  the  Company's  affairs  Avas 
arrived  at  and  intentions  changed  into  facts,  a  statement 
should  be  issued  and  each  stockholder  furnished  with  a  copy 
thereof.  In  pursuance  of  this  direction,  the  following  is  re- 
sjoectfully  submitted  for  your  consideration. 

Hitherto,  the  operations  of  this  Company  have  been  con- 
fined to  the  preliminary  steps  found  to  be  necessary  in  the 
early  stage  of  all  such  enterprises.  Stock  had  to  be  sold  ; 
transfers  of  property  examined  ;  meetings  of  companies  sell- 
ing out  their  properties  to  this  one  brought  about ;  con- 
tracts for  machinery  considered ;  the  opening  up  of  the 
mine  attended  to,  and,  generally,  such  a  pushing  along  the 
whole  line  as  to  bring  the  affairs  of  the  Company  into  order 
and  unity. 

Of  the  stock  sold  through  the  Bank  of  Montreal,  it  is 
pleasant  to  bci  able  to  say  that  every  share  has  been  paid  icjr  ; 
not  a  single  piirchasor  being  in  default  on  the  final  payment. 

A  sale  of  the  working  capital  stock  has  been  arranged,  and 
it  is  being  taken  up  as  rapidly  as  the  requirements  of  the 
Company  demand. 

Contracts  have  been  made  for  all  important  machinery 
required  to  complete  the  C(im]iany's  reduction-works  at  the 
earliest  possible  moment ;  and  if  these  contracts  are  fulfilled 
by  the  responsible  firms  who  have  taken  them,  ore-treatment 


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will  pr()})ably  begin  in  September  or,  iit  the  latest,  in  October 
next. 

The  construction  of  a  mill  capable  of  treating  125  tons  of 
ore  a  day  is  at  present  g<jdng  on,  and  on  such  a  plan  that  the 
increase  of  its  capacity  to  250  tons  a  day  will  require  a 
comparatively  small  additional  outlay. 

The  i)roperties  heretofore  owned  by  General  J.  M.  Tuttle, 
R.  P.  Rothwell,  Trustee,  Messrs.  Devine,  Auger,  and  Christies, 
and  the  Gatling  Gold  and  Silver  Mining  Com])any,  are  now  the 
property  of  this  Company.  They  have  been  fully  paid  for, 
and  transfers  properly  executed. 

On  the  Hawkeye  Gold  Mining  Company  property,  a  pay- 
ment has  been  made  on  account,  leaving  a  balance  due  of 
$5000,  which  was  withheld  by  advice  of  counsel  until  certain 
additional  forms  had  been  complied  with.  Payment  of  this 
balance,  which  bears  no  interest,  will  probably  be  made  by 
the  first  of  August  next,  and  result  in  giving  this  Company 
clear  title  to  every  acre  of  bind  mentioned  in  its  prospectus. 

For  a  statement  of  progress  at  the  mines  up  to  a  late  date, 
reference  is  made  to  the  appended  report  of  Mr.  R.  P.  Roth- 
well, the  Consulting  Engineer  of  the  Company. 

In  conclusion,  a  suggestion  to  the  stockholders  may  not  be 
out  of  place.  It  is  hoped  that,  during  the  coming  summer, 
many  of  them  will  find  their  way  to  Marmora,  Ontario,  there 
to  see  for  themselves  the  value  of  their  property  and  the 
method  of  its  development.  The  mines  are  easily  reached 
from  Belleville,  Ontario,  from  whence  a  branch  railroad  runs 
to  Madoc,  twelve  miles  from  Marmora,  where  a  carriage 
must  be  taken.  A  pleasanter  way  is  to  stop  over  night  at 
Belleville,  and  proceed  the  next  morning  by  carriage  (thirty- 
six  miles).  There  are  several  good  hotels  at  Belleville,  the 
Dafoe  House  being  the  best  and  nearest  to  good  livery.  The 
cost  of  living  and  horse-hire  in  Ontario  is  very  reasonable. 

Respectfully, 

JAMES  W.   LOVERIDGE, 

Secretary. 
New  York,  June  3,  1881. 


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New  YoiiK,  June  3,  1881. 

To  the   Boiird  of  IVuHte^js  of  the    Oannda  Consolidated   Gold 
Minbuj  Coiiijjuny : 

Gentlemen  :  At  the  request  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  your  Board,  I  beg  to  make  the  foHowiiig  brief  report  upon 
the  work  being  done  at  your  mines,  and  other  matters  whicli 
naturally  come  under  my  personal  knowledge. 

The  operations  at  your  mines  have  been  carried  on  since 
January  last  by  the  Company's  resident  Superintendent,  Mr. 
E.  Gaujot ;  and  though  delays  have  occurred  in  getting 
machinery  as  soon  as  it  was  expected  and  promised,  yet  a 
large  amount  of  work  has  been  done  both  in  the  mines  and 
upon  the  surface. 

Work  has  been  carried  on  almost  continuously  in  the  four 
levels  of  the  deep  shaft ;  these  have  been  always  in  good  ore, 
and  at  the  date  of  my  recent  visit  (May  17-22),  the  proportion 
of  sulphurets  in  each  face  was  above  the  average  in  the  rock 
extracted  while  I  was  making  my  tests  previous  to  the  pur- 
chase of  the  property.  Thus  far,  the  developments  have  fully 
confirmed  our  anticipations,  and  we  have  to  record  up  to  this 
time  the  unusual  fact  that  no  portion  of  the  shafts  or  levels 
has  ever  been  out  of  pay-ore.  The  deep  shaft  has  been  tim- 
bered in  the  most  substantial  manner  with  a  man-way  and 
pump-way  separate  from  the  hoist-way,  and  provided  with 
ladders  arranged  in  first-rate,  workmanlike  manner.  The 
timbers  for  the  track  were  ready  for  the  steel  rails  then 
expected  daily  at  the  mines. 

A  substantial  shaft-house  was  in  place  and  hoisting- 
engines  in  position  at  both  the  deep  shaft  and  the  Tuttle 
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The  boilor  fi)r  th(^  Tnttle  saaft  online  was  then  on  the 
road  to  the  mines,  and  has  since  reached  there,  as  have  also 
the  rails  for  the  deep  shaft  and  the  tramway  fro.n  the  shafts 
t«"  the  mine. 

The  large  Hand  Compressors  were  in  position  in  the  old 
Gatling  mill,  the  engines  for  which  are  used  to  drive  them.  The 
pipes  iov  carrying  air  from  the  compressors  to  the  different  shafts 
were  on  the  ground  and  being  connected.  Mr.  Gaiijot  reports 
them  in  position  and  the  rock-drills  r  operation.  The  com- 
pressors w'll  have  sufficient  capacity,  with  the  large  air-receiv- 
ers alreadj^  provided,  to  run  twelve  drills.  The  drills  will  be 
used  in  driving  the  four  levels,  sinking  two  shafts,  an^.  driv- 
ing a  cross-cut  to  intersect  some  of  the  other  veins.  In  a 
short  time,  two  more  levels  Avill  be  opened  in  the  Tuttle  shaft, 
and  stopes  will  be  preparc^d  in  the  several  levels,  so  that  the 
work  of  supplying  the  mill  will  b"  easily  performed. 

A  large  store-house,  mine  captain's  office,  and  other  conven- 
ient buildings  have  been  erected  and  work  commenced  upon 
the  foundations  of  five  blocks,  giving  ten  large  miners'  houses. 
The  plans  and  specifications  were  prepared  for  a  brick  office 
building,  superintendent's  house,  and  store.  A  large  amount 
of  brick,  stone,  lumber,  and  timber  of  all  kinds  was  accumu- 
lated on  the  ground,  and  the  company's  brick-yard  was  in  full 
operation,  brick  being  molded,  burnt,  and  delivered  at  a  cost 
of  about  $i  per  thousand.  A  large  amount  of  excellent  build- 
ing stone  was  quarried  and  delivered  for  the  foundations  of 
the  new  mill  at  a  cost  of  from  $1.75  to  $2  per  cord  of  128 
cubic  feet.  About  1500  cords  of  excellent  hard  wood  are  on 
the  ground  at  a  cost  to  the  company  of  about  $1.20  per  cord 
(average).  The  greater  part  of  the  timber  for  the  nev/  mill 
buildings  is  on  the  ground,  and  the  carpenters  were  then 
ready  to  commence  framing. 

The  water  accumulated  by  the  dam  built  last  summer  can 
be  conveyed  to  the  new  mill  by  a  flume  of  four  or  five  hun- 
dred feet  in  length,  and  it  will  there  have  a  fall  of  about  21 
feet.  The  machinery  for  the  concentrating  works  is  under 
contract,  and  the  last  of  it  will  be  shipped  at  the  begiiming  of 


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August.  This  machinery  will  have  a  capacity  of  from  125  to 
150  tons  per  day,  and  the  engine  provided  to  supplement  the 
water-power  in  the  dry  season  will  be  sufficient  for  double  the 
present  works. 

Every  thing  about  the  works  and  mines  is  being  done  in 
a  most  substantial  and  economical  mai  ner,  and  under  the 
direction  of  experienced  practical  men,  at  the  head  of  whom 
is  your  Company's  most  efficient  Superintendent,  Mr.  Gaujot. 

During  my,  recent  visit  to  Europe,  I  examined  into  the 
question  of  the  arsenic  markets  ;  and  without  entering  into 
details,  I  may  say  that  I  find  there  will  be  no  difficulty  what- 
ever in  marketing  all  the  arsenic  the  Company  can  produce, 
and  at  figures  which  will  render  it  a  much  more  profitable 
product  than  I  had  estimated.  The  plans  for  tlie  roasting- 
furnaces  and  chlorination-works  are  now  under  considf  ration, 
and  the  work  will  be  ready  as  early  as  the  completion  of 
the  concentrating  mill. 

Kespectfully  submitted, 

R.  P.  ROTHWELL, 

Consulting  Engim-or. 


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